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FoE Timor Leste/Haburas has established community-based eco-cultural tourism models in Tutuala, Maubisse, and Laloran to provide sustainable economic development and skill-building for rural communities. The Tutuala project has hosted over 4,000 tourists, improving local living standards and education. FoE Timor Leste advocates for the government to integrate community-based ecotourism into the national strategic development plan as a critical non-fossil fuel economic sector.

This report by Friends of the Earth International highlights community-led solutions across the Asia Pacific region to combat climate change and inequality. It showcases specific projects in forest management, cooperatives, sustainable tourism, and legal rights, calling for governments to scale up these models through enabling policy environments and the removal of fossil fuel subsidies.

This report by Friends of the Earth (FoE) Asia Pacific outlines community-led solutions to combat inequality and climate change across the Asia Pacific region. It highlights specific projects in forest management, sustainable finance, food rights, renewable energy, and eco-tourism, calling for governments to scale up these models through supportive policy frameworks and legislative reforms.